Tuesday, April 30, 2013

As some of you may have seen on Melly's Facebook page, my camera's memory card kicked the bucket on Saturday. Fortunately, I'd already taken off the pictures of Geoff's brother's wedding, but there were a bunch of pictures of the cats that I hadn't yet transferred to the computer. This was very frustrating, since those pictures probably could've made up the blog posts for this whole week!

I'd forgotten about the video from yesterday, so that was a good find. But the cats studiously avoided doing anything photo-worthy for most of the weekend, so I was getting a little concerned about blog content. Then, on Sunday afternoon, I was folding laundry and turned around to find Melly like this:

"Oh, hi. Don't mind me. I'm just hanging out."

"I'll hold still so you can get some pictures of my glorious floof."

"Are we done yet?"

"No? Ok, one more."

I still have nothing for the rest of the week, so I'll just have to wing it!

Monday, April 29, 2013

I was changing the sheets on the bed and Melly decided to "help"--by sitting in the middle of the bed and refusing to move. So, I wrapped her in the fitted sheet and deposited her on the floor. She crouched inside the sheet without moving for a while, but eventually began an escape attempt.
Which I filmed, of course.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

A friend and coworker of mine is expecting a baby next month, so I've been doing a lot of knitting of tiny hats and shopping for tiny things. (It's so hard to resist the wee shoes!) Her baby shower was on Saturday, so I had some presents to wrap; Melly decided to assist. The presents came from Amazon in a perfectly cat-sized box, and Melly was kind enough to sit in the box to make sure it didn't blow away. Which can happen on kitchen tables.

"Look at me, I'm helping."

"I'm also very much not on the kitchen table."

"Because I'm in a box, obviously."

"This is getting boring. There isn't room to lay down."

When she was done with the box, Melly generously shed all over the wrapping paper, thus ensuring that every piece of tape on the wrapped presents was garnished with several black cat hairs.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Thank you all for your lovely comments on Melly's gotcha day! We had a nice little celebration. Although, as far as Melly's concerned, every day is her day (she does not suffer from lack of ego), so I'm not sure she really noticed anything different about Wednesday. Ah well.

Anyway, I thought I'd give an update on Melly's new box: she has barely been out of it since I put it on the shelf. Yesterday, I came home to find the box and quilt on the floor, probably knocked over during a spat between the cats. The box was askew, partially propped up on the base of a lamp--and Melly was in it anyway, balanced somewhat precariously but still managing to look utterly relaxed. I put the box back up on the shelf, and she's in it now as I'm typing this.

I had absolutely no idea what I was in for when I took the little imp home and renamed her Melly. The beginning was difficult--I'd never had a kitten that young before and my dear Scarlett was in utter hell--but after a while, we all adjusted.

Three years later, Melly is all grown up and still has the same precocious personality I first saw on Sue's blog. She is mischievous and silly and affectionate, and I am so glad we found each other.

About the Blog

“The Adventures of Scarlett & Melly” is written by Natalie, human servant of an attitudinal middle-aged tabby and a rambunctious young tuxie. The blog details the daily lives of these two ridiculous felines and also features occasional posts about baking.